Architecture

But I also love the way that buildings are — they’re these huge structures that we have accepted as the places we go in to get what we need, or to sleep, or to work, or whatever. They’re also these huge towering structures. I think of them as if they’re creatures; they’re other kinds of beings. Sometimes we don’t even touch them. I’m interested in... See more

I find an interesting parallel here to the ideas James Scott proposes in Seeing Like a State (which we covered back in RE #4): a top-down, central planning-style of design can't effectively predict the diversity of user needs. It turns out, contra to the "expert architect", that the users know best what they need from their space. And often even... See more

Broken Angel House Cobble Hill, Brooklyn illegally modified and expanded by eccentric artists and self-taught architects Arthur and Cynthia Wood, condemned after a fire in 2009, and torn down to make way for luxury condos in 2014 https://t.co/hdxwOTEQrW